tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post423670936414037400..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: CAPTAIN BRITAIN PART SIX - A CROOKED WORLDMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-82031046032404134192014-07-01T09:25:06.351-07:002014-07-01T09:25:06.351-07:00I think a small handful of the Davis/Delano stuff ...I think a small handful of the Davis/Delano stuff is on Unlimited, but otherwise that library is pretty short on Captain Britain material. And of course the Omnibus commands a hefty price on the aftermarket these days. But lately Marvel has returned some of their older Omnibus volumes to print, and/or re-released them in trade paperback format. Perhaps we could see the same happen for Cap.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-27249100798108756962014-06-29T20:48:09.896-07:002014-06-29T20:48:09.896-07:00@Teebore: // someday I'd like to read all this...<br>@Teebore: <i>// someday I'd like to read all this pre-Excalibur Captain Britain stuff //</i><br /><br />Ditto. It's been long enough since I bought the 1988 Davis-&-Delano TPB and that 1995 <i>X-Men Archives</i> mini that reprinted the two Alans' stuff just before it (which <a href="http://www.comics.org/issue/57353/" rel="nofollow">per the GCD</a> apparently did begin with the Dave Thorpe material) that I don't mind buying that stuff again in a deluxe edition to have the whole saga together. Like you say, though, I don't want to pay a premium for it and would be happy to just have it on Marvel Unlimited.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-14986329500619870762013-09-10T14:04:24.488-07:002013-09-10T14:04:24.488-07:00I agree to some extent on the costume change busin...I agree to some extent on the costume change business, but my brain won't let me move past it without some sort of explanation! Even a passing comment that Merlin changed it just for giggles would be fine.<br /><br />For some reason I thought these stories were in the X-MEN ARCHIVES series, but I could be mistaken. I do know they were collected pretty recently in a single trade by Panini in the U.K., though buying them would obviously entail international shipping costs. Otherwise, I'm not sure if they've shown up anywhere. Which seems really odd, since without them the Moore run begins unintentionally <i>en media res</i>, with little explanation as to what has gone before.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-84366536441475343392013-09-10T07:56:01.635-07:002013-09-10T07:56:01.635-07:00Cap simply says something to the effect of, "...<i>Cap simply says something to the effect of, "my costume -- it's changing!" as they pass between dimensions, and that's the end of it.</i><br /><br />Jarring it may be, but there's something to be said for the economy of the occasional "shut up, that's why" explanation, especially when it comes to something like a costume change (when the real explanation is obviously that the creator wanted to change it). <br /><br />Do you know if these stories were reprinted anywhere other than the omnibus? I have the two recent pre-Davis hardcover collections and the Moore/Davis trade (which reprinted the old <i>X-Men Archive</i> reprints of that material), but someday I'd like to read all this pre-<i>Excalibur</i> Captain Britain stuff, and that omnibus, being out of print, is hella expensive. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.com